diff --git a/include/Mw/LowLevel/Wayland.h b/include/Mw/LowLevel/Wayland.h
index 7b31bd7..5497cd3 100644
--- a/include/Mw/LowLevel/Wayland.h
+++ b/include/Mw/LowLevel/Wayland.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #ifndef __MW_LOWLEVEL_WAYLAND_H__
 #define __MW_LOWLEVEL_WAYLAND_H__
 
+#include "pixman.h"
 #include <Mw/MachDep.h>
 #include <Mw/TypeDefs.h>
 #include <Mw/LowLevel.h>
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ struct _MwLLWayland;
 typedef struct wayland_call_table {
 	void* lib;
 	void* xkb_lib;
-	void* cairo_lib;
 #if WAYLAND_LOAD_OPENGL
 #endif
 
@@ -66,64 +66,6 @@ typedef struct wayland_call_table {
 	xkb_layout_index_t (*xkb_state_key_get_layout)(struct xkb_state* state, xkb_keycode_t key);
 	void (*xkb_keymap_unref)(struct xkb_keymap* keymap);
 
-	void (*cairo_set_line_width)(cairo_t* cr,
-				     double   width);
-	void (*cairo_scale)(cairo_t* cr,
-			    double   sx,
-			    double   sy);
-	cairo_t* (*cairo_create)(cairo_surface_t* target);
-	void (*cairo_move_to)(cairo_t* cr,
-			      double   x,
-			      double   y);
-
-	void (*cairo_rectangle)(cairo_t* cr,
-				double	 x,
-				double	 y,
-				double	 width,
-				double	 height);
-	void (*cairo_new_path)(cairo_t* cr);
-	void (*cairo_set_line_cap)(cairo_t*	    cr,
-				   cairo_line_cap_t line_cap);
-	void (*cairo_set_source_rgba)(cairo_t* cr,
-				      double   red,
-				      double   green,
-				      double   blue,
-				      double   alpha);
-	void (*cairo_set_source_rgb)(cairo_t* cr,
-				     double   red,
-				     double   green,
-				     double   blue);
-	void (*cairo_reset_clip)(cairo_t* cr);
-	unsigned char* (*cairo_image_surface_get_data)(cairo_surface_t* surface);
-	void (*cairo_line_to)(cairo_t* cr,
-			      double   x,
-			      double   y);
-	void (*cairo_surface_destroy)(cairo_surface_t* surface);
-	cairo_surface_t* (*cairo_image_surface_create_for_data)(unsigned char* data,
-								cairo_format_t format,
-								int	       width,
-								int	       height,
-								int	       stride);
-	cairo_surface_t* (*cairo_image_surface_create)(cairo_format_t format,
-						       int	      width,
-						       int	      height);
-	void (*cairo_destroy)(cairo_t* cr);
-	cairo_pattern_t* (*cairo_get_source)(cairo_t* cr);
-	void (*cairo_close_path)(cairo_t* cr);
-	void (*cairo_paint)(cairo_t* cr);
-	void (*cairo_surface_flush)(cairo_surface_t* surface);
-	void (*cairo_clip)(cairo_t* cr);
-	void (*cairo_surface_mark_dirty)(cairo_surface_t* surface);
-	void (*cairo_stroke)(cairo_t* cr);
-	void (*cairo_set_source_surface)(cairo_t*	  cr,
-					 cairo_surface_t* surface,
-					 double		  x,
-					 double		  y);
-	void (*cairo_fill)(cairo_t* cr);
-	void (*cairo_pattern_set_filter)(cairo_pattern_t* pattern,
-					 cairo_filter_t	  filter);
-	void (*cairo_set_antialias)(cairo_t*, cairo_antialias_t);
-
 } wayland_call_table_t;
 
 extern wayland_call_table_t wl_call_tbl;
@@ -140,11 +82,7 @@ MwInline int wayland_load_funcs() {
 		printf("(libxkbcommon.so not found, cannot use Wayland backend.)\n");
 		return 1;
 	}
-	wl_call_tbl.cairo_lib = MwDynamicOpen("libcairo.so");
-	if(!wl_call_tbl.cairo_lib) {
-		printf("(libcairo.so not found, cannot use Wayland backend.)\n");
-		return 1;
-	}
+
 #define WAYLAND_FUNC(x) \
 	wl_call_tbl.x = MwDynamicSymbol(wl_call_tbl.lib, #x); \
 	if(!wl_call_tbl.x) { \
@@ -187,42 +125,6 @@ MwInline int wayland_load_funcs() {
 	XKB_FUNC(xkb_state_key_get_layout)
 #undef XKB_FUNC
 
-#define CAIRO_FUNC(x) \
-	wl_call_tbl.x = MwDynamicSymbol(wl_call_tbl.cairo_lib, #x); \
-	if(!wl_call_tbl.x) { \
-		printf("WARNING: Could use Wayland backend if " #x " was found. Do you have libcairo?\n"); \
-		return 1; \
-	};
-
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_set_line_width);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_scale);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_create);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_move_to);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_rectangle);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_new_path);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_set_line_cap);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_set_antialias);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_set_source_rgba);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_set_source_rgb);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_reset_clip);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_image_surface_get_data);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_line_to);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_surface_destroy);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_image_surface_create_for_data);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_image_surface_create);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_destroy);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_get_source);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_close_path);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_paint);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_surface_flush);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_clip);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_surface_mark_dirty);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_stroke);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_set_source_surface);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_fill);
-	CAIRO_FUNC(cairo_pattern_set_filter);
-#undef CAIRO_FUNC
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -251,34 +153,6 @@ MwInline int wayland_load_funcs() {
 #define xkb_keymap_key_get_syms_by_level wl_call_tbl.xkb_keymap_key_get_syms_by_level
 #define xkb_state_key_get_layout wl_call_tbl.xkb_state_key_get_layout
 
-#define cairo_set_line_width wl_call_tbl.cairo_set_line_width
-#define cairo_scale wl_call_tbl.cairo_scale
-#define cairo_create wl_call_tbl.cairo_create
-#define cairo_move_to wl_call_tbl.cairo_move_to
-#define cairo_rectangle wl_call_tbl.cairo_rectangle
-#define cairo_new_path wl_call_tbl.cairo_new_path
-#define cairo_set_line_cap wl_call_tbl.cairo_set_line_cap
-#define cairo_set_antialias wl_call_tbl.cairo_set_antialias
-#define cairo_set_source_rgba wl_call_tbl.cairo_set_source_rgba
-#define cairo_set_source_rgb wl_call_tbl.cairo_set_source_rgb
-#define cairo_reset_clip wl_call_tbl.cairo_reset_clip
-#define cairo_image_surface_get_data wl_call_tbl.cairo_image_surface_get_data
-#define cairo_line_to wl_call_tbl.cairo_line_to
-#define cairo_surface_destroy wl_call_tbl.cairo_surface_destroy
-#define cairo_image_surface_create_for_data wl_call_tbl.cairo_image_surface_create_for_data
-#define cairo_image_surface_create wl_call_tbl.cairo_image_surface_create
-#define cairo_destroy wl_call_tbl.cairo_destroy
-#define cairo_get_source wl_call_tbl.cairo_get_source
-#define cairo_close_path wl_call_tbl.cairo_close_path
-#define cairo_paint wl_call_tbl.cairo_paint
-#define cairo_surface_flush wl_call_tbl.cairo_surface_flush
-#define cairo_clip wl_call_tbl.cairo_clip
-#define cairo_surface_mark_dirty wl_call_tbl.cairo_surface_mark_dirty
-#define cairo_stroke wl_call_tbl.cairo_stroke
-#define cairo_set_source_surface wl_call_tbl.cairo_set_source_surface
-#define cairo_fill wl_call_tbl.cairo_fill
-#define cairo_pattern_set_filter wl_call_tbl.cairo_pattern_set_filter
-
 #ifndef WL_PROTOCOLS_DEFINED
 #define WL_PROTOCOLS_DEFINED
 #include "Wayland/wayland-core-protocol.h"
@@ -342,17 +216,18 @@ struct _MwLLWaylandShmBuffer {
 	struct wl_shm*	    shm;
 	struct wl_shm_pool* shm_pool;
 	struct wl_buffer*   shm_buffer;
-	struct wl_shm_pool* shm_pool_back;
-	struct wl_buffer*   shm_buffer_back;
 	struct wl_surface*  surface;
 	struct wl_output*   output;
 
-	MwU8*  buf;
-	MwU8*  buf_back;
+	MwU32* buf;
+	MwU32* buf_back;
 	MwU64  buf_size;
 	int    fd;
-	int    fd_back;
 	MwBool setup;
+
+	// pixman_image_t* pixman_fb_front;
+	pixman_image_t* pixman_fb;
+	int		width, height;
 };
 
 enum _MwLLWaylandType {
@@ -493,13 +368,6 @@ struct _MwLLWayland {
 	uint32_t last_time;
 
 	MwBool moving;
-
-	cairo_surface_t* front_cs;
-	cairo_surface_t* back_cs;
-	cairo_t*	 front_cairo;
-	cairo_t*	 back_cairo;
-	/* The cairo to actually use for draw operations. Typically is front_cairo, but MwLLBeginDraw can change this to the back_cairo so it can be used to draw window decorations. */
-	cairo_t* selected_cairo;
 };
 
 struct _MwLLWaylandColor {
@@ -509,7 +377,7 @@ struct _MwLLWaylandColor {
 struct _MwLLWaylandPixmap {
 	struct _MwLLCommonPixmap common;
 
-	cairo_surface_t* cs;
+	pixman_image_t* img;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/pl/rules.pl b/pl/rules.pl
index 6c23006..0f4870e 100644
--- a/pl/rules.pl
+++ b/pl/rules.pl
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ if (grep(/^wayland$/, @backends)) {
         add_cflags("-DWAYLAND_LOAD_OPENGL");
     }
 
+    add_cflags("-I/usr/include/pixman-1");
+    add_libs("-lpixman-1");
+
     scan_wayland_protocol_core();
     scan_wayland_protocol("stable",   "xdg-shell",           "");
     scan_wayland_protocol("stable",   "viewporter",          "");
diff --git a/src/backend/wayland.c b/src/backend/wayland.c
index 148ca44..a1e6a62 100644
--- a/src/backend/wayland.c
+++ b/src/backend/wayland.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 
 #include "../../external/stb_ds.h"
+#include "pixman.h"
 
 /* TODO: find out what FreeBSD and such wants us to include */
 #ifdef __FreeBSD__
@@ -68,8 +69,6 @@ static void new_protocol(void* data, struct wl_registry* registry,
 		/* we don't care for adding this protocol, we just use it to know if the compositor will let us have transparent surfaces */
 	} else if(strcmp(interface, "wp_alpha_modifier_v1") == 0) {
 		self->common.supports_transparency = MwTRUE;
-	} else {
-		// printf("unknown interface %s\n", interface);
 	}
 
 	WAYLAND_EVENT_OP_END(self);
@@ -1262,8 +1261,10 @@ static void wl_shm_interface_destroy(struct _MwLLWayland* wayland, wayland_proto
 static void update_buffer(MwLL self, struct _MwLLWaylandShmBuffer* buffer) {
 	(void)self;
 	memcpy(buffer->buf, buffer->buf_back, buffer->buf_size);
-	// Yes this is needed every time, it's how we fix weston.
+
+	/* Yes this is needed every time, it's how we fix weston.*/
 	wl_surface_attach(buffer->surface, buffer->shm_buffer, 0, 0);
+
 	wl_surface_commit(buffer->surface);
 }
 
@@ -1272,10 +1273,9 @@ static void buffer_setup(struct _MwLLWaylandShmBuffer* buffer, MwU32 width, MwU3
 	char temp_name[]      = "/tmp/milsko-wl-shm-XXXXXX";
 	char temp_name_back[] = "/tmp/milsko-wl-shm-back-XXXXXX";
 
-	buffer->buf_size = width * height * 4;
+	buffer->buf_size = (width * height * 4) * sizeof(MwU32);
 
-	buffer->fd	= mkstemp(temp_name);
-	buffer->fd_back = mkstemp(temp_name_back);
+	buffer->fd = mkstemp(temp_name);
 
 	unlink(temp_name);
 	unlink(temp_name_back);
@@ -1285,37 +1285,29 @@ static void buffer_setup(struct _MwLLWaylandShmBuffer* buffer, MwU32 width, MwU3
 		close(buffer->fd);
 		return;
 	}
-	if(posix_fallocate(buffer->fd_back, 0, buffer->buf_size) != 0) {
-		printf("failure setting up wl_shm: could not fallocate. %s.\n", strerror(errno));
-		close(buffer->fd_back);
-		return;
-	}
 	if(ftruncate(buffer->fd, buffer->buf_size) != 0) {
 		printf("failure setting up wl_shm: could not truncate. %s.\n", strerror(errno));
 		close(buffer->fd);
 		return;
 	}
-	if(ftruncate(buffer->fd_back, buffer->buf_size) != 0) {
-		printf("failure setting up wl_shm: could not truncate. %s.\n", strerror(errno));
-		close(buffer->fd_back);
-		return;
-	}
 
 	buffer->buf	 = mmap(NULL, buffer->buf_size, PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, buffer->fd, 0);
-	buffer->buf_back = mmap(NULL, buffer->buf_size, PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, buffer->fd_back, 0);
+	buffer->buf_back = malloc(buffer->buf_size);
 
 	fsync(buffer->fd);
-	fsync(buffer->fd_back);
 
 	if(!(buffer->shm_pool = wl_shm_create_pool(buffer->shm, buffer->fd, buffer->buf_size))) {
 		printf("failure setting up wl_shm: could not create pool.\n");
 	}
-	if(!(buffer->shm_pool_back = wl_shm_create_pool(buffer->shm, buffer->fd_back, buffer->buf_size))) {
-		printf("failure setting up wl_shm: could not create pool.\n");
-	}
-	buffer->shm_buffer	= wl_shm_pool_create_buffer(buffer->shm_pool, 0, width, height, stride, WL_SHM_FORMAT_ARGB8888);
-	buffer->shm_buffer_back = wl_shm_pool_create_buffer(buffer->shm_pool_back, 0, width, height, stride, WL_SHM_FORMAT_ARGB8888);
-	buffer->setup		= MwTRUE;
+	buffer->shm_buffer = wl_shm_pool_create_buffer(buffer->shm_pool, 0, width, height, stride, WL_SHM_FORMAT_ARGB8888);
+
+	buffer->pixman_fb = pixman_image_create_bits(PIXMAN_a8r8g8b8,
+						     width, height, buffer->buf_back, stride);
+
+	buffer->width  = width;
+	buffer->height = height;
+
+	buffer->setup = MwTRUE;
 }
 
 static void buffer_destroy(struct _MwLLWaylandShmBuffer* buffer) {
@@ -1323,20 +1315,18 @@ static void buffer_destroy(struct _MwLLWaylandShmBuffer* buffer) {
 		return;
 	}
 	if(buffer->shm_buffer) wl_buffer_destroy(buffer->shm_buffer);
-	if(buffer->shm_buffer_back) wl_buffer_destroy(buffer->shm_buffer_back);
 	if(buffer->shm_pool) wl_shm_pool_destroy(buffer->shm_pool);
-	if(buffer->shm_pool_back) wl_shm_pool_destroy(buffer->shm_pool_back);
+	munmap(buffer->buf, buffer->buf_size);
+	free(buffer->buf_back);
 	close(buffer->fd);
-	close(buffer->fd_back);
+	pixman_image_unref(buffer->pixman_fb);
+
 	buffer->setup = MwFALSE;
 }
 
 static void framebuffer_setup(struct _MwLLWayland* wayland) {
 	buffer_setup(&wayland->framebuffer, wayland->ww, wayland->wh);
 
-	wayland->front_cs    = cairo_image_surface_create_for_data(wayland->framebuffer.buf_back, CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, wayland->ww, wayland->wh, 4 * wayland->ww);
-	wayland->front_cairo = cairo_create(wayland->front_cs);
-
 	memset(wayland->framebuffer.buf_back, 0, wayland->framebuffer.buf_size);
 	wl_surface_attach(wayland->framebuffer.surface, wayland->framebuffer.shm_buffer, 0, 0);
 	wl_surface_commit(wayland->framebuffer.surface);
@@ -1346,8 +1336,6 @@ static void framebuffer_setup(struct _MwLLWayland* wayland) {
 };
 static void framebuffer_destroy(struct _MwLLWayland* wayland) {
 	buffer_destroy(&wayland->framebuffer);
-	cairo_destroy(wayland->front_cairo);
-	cairo_surface_destroy(wayland->front_cs);
 };
 
 static void backbuffer_setup(struct _MwLLWayland* wayland) {
@@ -1362,9 +1350,6 @@ static void backbuffer_setup(struct _MwLLWayland* wayland) {
 	}
 	buffer_setup(&wayland->backbuffer, w, h);
 
-	wayland->back_cs    = cairo_image_surface_create_for_data(wayland->backbuffer.buf_back, CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, w, h, 4 * w);
-	wayland->back_cairo = cairo_create(wayland->back_cs);
-
 	memset(wayland->backbuffer.buf_back, 255, wayland->backbuffer.buf_size);
 	wl_surface_attach(wayland->backbuffer.surface, wayland->backbuffer.shm_buffer, 0, 0);
 	wl_surface_commit(wayland->backbuffer.surface);
@@ -1373,8 +1358,6 @@ static void backbuffer_setup(struct _MwLLWayland* wayland) {
 };
 static void backbuffer_destroy(struct _MwLLWayland* wayland) {
 	buffer_destroy(&wayland->backbuffer);
-	cairo_destroy(wayland->back_cairo);
-	cairo_surface_destroy(wayland->back_cs);
 };
 
 static void region_invalidate(MwLL handle) {
@@ -1751,15 +1734,6 @@ static void destroy_popup(MwLL r) {
 	r->wayland.configured = MwFALSE;
 }
 
-static void clip(MwLL handle) {
-	MwLL parent = handle->wayland.parent;
-	if(parent && handle->wayland.type == MWLL_WAYLAND_SUBLEVEL) {
-		cairo_reset_clip(handle->wayland.front_cairo);
-		cairo_rectangle(handle->wayland.front_cairo, 0, 0, (parent->wayland.ww + handle->wayland.x), (parent->wayland.wh + handle->wayland.y));
-		cairo_clip(handle->wayland.front_cairo);
-	}
-}
-
 static void wl_logger(const char* fmt, va_list args) {
 	vprintf(fmt, args);
 	raise(SIGTRAP);
@@ -1866,7 +1840,6 @@ static void MwLLDestroyImpl(MwLL handle) {
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&handle->wayland.eventsMutex);
 	pthread_mutex_destroy(&handle->wayland.eventsMutex);
 
-	// framebuffer_destroy(&handle->wayland);
 	buffer_destroy(&handle->wayland.cursor);
 	wl_region_destroy(handle->wayland.region);
 
@@ -1966,7 +1939,6 @@ refresh:
 
 static void MwLLBeginDrawImpl(MwLL handle) {
 	if(handle->wayland.type != MWLL_WAYLAND_TOPLEVEL) {
-		handle->wayland.selected_cairo = handle->wayland.front_cairo;
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1974,8 +1946,8 @@ static void MwLLBeginDrawImpl(MwLL handle) {
 		int   x;
 		MwU32 w = handle->wayland.ww + CSD_BORDER_FRAME_LEFT + CSD_BORDER_FRAME_RIGHT;
 		MwU32 h = handle->wayland.wh + CSD_BORDER_FRAME_TOP + CSD_BORDER_FRAME_BOTTOM;
-		cairo_set_line_width(handle->wayland.back_cairo, 4.0);
-		for(x = 0; x < w; x++) {
+		/*  cairo_set_line_width(handle->wayland.back_cairo, 4.0);
+		 for(x = 0; x < w; x++) {
 			float placeholder = (float)x / (float)w;
 			cairo_set_source_rgb(handle->wayland.back_cairo, placeholder, 0.25, 0.25);
 
@@ -1986,22 +1958,22 @@ static void MwLLBeginDrawImpl(MwLL handle) {
 			cairo_move_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, x, CSD_BORDER_FRAME_TOP);
 			cairo_line_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, x, h);
 			cairo_stroke(handle->wayland.back_cairo);
-		}
-		cairo_set_source_rgba(handle->wayland.back_cairo, 1, 1, 1, 0.5);
-		cairo_move_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, 0, 0);
-		cairo_line_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, 0, h);
-		cairo_stroke(handle->wayland.back_cairo);
-		cairo_move_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, 0, 0);
-		cairo_line_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, w, 0);
-		cairo_stroke(handle->wayland.back_cairo);
+		 }
+		 cairo_set_source_rgba(handle->wayland.back_cairo, 1, 1, 1, 0.5);
+		 cairo_move_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, 0, 0);
+		 cairo_line_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, 0, h);
+		 cairo_stroke(handle->wayland.back_cairo);
+		 cairo_move_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, 0, 0);
+		 cairo_line_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, w, 0);
+		 cairo_stroke(handle->wayland.back_cairo);
 
-		cairo_set_source_rgba(handle->wayland.back_cairo, 0, 0, 0, 0.5);
-		cairo_move_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, 0, h);
-		cairo_line_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, w, h);
-		cairo_stroke(handle->wayland.back_cairo);
-		cairo_move_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, w, 0);
-		cairo_line_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, w, h);
-		cairo_stroke(handle->wayland.back_cairo);
+		 cairo_set_source_rgba(handle->wayland.back_cairo, 0, 0, 0, 0.5);
+		 cairo_move_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, 0, h);
+		 cairo_line_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, w, h);
+		 cairo_stroke(handle->wayland.back_cairo);
+		 cairo_move_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, w, 0);
+		 cairo_line_to(handle->wayland.back_cairo, w, h);
+		 cairo_stroke(handle->wayland.back_cairo);*/
 
 		if(strlen(handle->wayland.title) != 0) {
 			int	       y, x;
@@ -2017,8 +1989,6 @@ static void MwLLBeginDrawImpl(MwLL handle) {
 
 			memset(px, 0, tw * th * 4);
 
-			handle->wayland.selected_cairo = handle->wayland.back_cairo;
-
 			while(handle->wayland.title[i]) {
 				int out;
 				i += MwUTF8ToUTF32(handle->wayland.title + i, &out);
@@ -2052,7 +2022,6 @@ static void MwLLBeginDrawImpl(MwLL handle) {
 		}
 		update_buffer(handle, &handle->wayland.backbuffer);
 	}
-	handle->wayland.selected_cairo = handle->wayland.front_cairo;
 }
 
 static void MwLLEndDrawImpl(MwLL handle) {
@@ -2063,46 +2032,155 @@ static void MwLLEndDrawImpl(MwLL handle) {
 		update_buffer(handle, &handle->wayland.framebuffer);
 	}
 }
+typedef struct pointf64 {
+	double x;
+	double y;
+} pointf64_t;
 
-static void MwLLPolygonImpl(MwLL handle, MwPoint* points, int points_count, MwLLColor color) {
-	int i;
+pixman_triangle_t* triangulate_polygon(pointf64_t* poly_points, int poly_points_count, int* tri_count_out) {
+	pixman_triangle_t* tris;
+	int*		   indices;
+	double		   ax, ay, bx, by, cx, cy, cross;
+	double		   px, py, d0x, d0y, d1x, d1y, d2x, d2y;
+	double		   t, u;
+	int		   n, i, j, prev, curr, next, count;
+	MwBool		   ear_found, is_ear;
 
-	clip(handle);
+	*tri_count_out = 0;
 
-	cairo_set_source_rgba(handle->wayland.front_cairo, color->common.red / 255.0, color->common.green / 255.0, color->common.blue / 255.0, 1.0);
-	cairo_new_path(handle->wayland.front_cairo);
-	for(i = 0; i < points_count; i++) {
-		if(i == 0) {
-			cairo_move_to(handle->wayland.front_cairo, points[i].x, points[i].y);
-		} else {
-			cairo_line_to(handle->wayland.front_cairo, points[i].x, points[i].y);
+	if(!poly_points || poly_points_count < 3) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	n	= poly_points_count;
+	indices = malloc(n * sizeof(int));
+	if(!indices) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	for(i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+		indices[i] = i;
+	}
+
+	tris = malloc((n - 2) * sizeof(pixman_triangle_t));
+	if(!tris) {
+		free(indices);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	count = 0;
+	while(n > 2) {
+		ear_found = MwFALSE;
+
+		for(i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+			prev = (i + n - 1) % n;
+			curr = i;
+			next = (i + 1) % n;
+			ax   = (double)poly_points[indices[prev]].x;
+			ay   = (double)poly_points[indices[prev]].y;
+			bx   = (double)poly_points[indices[curr]].x;
+			by   = (double)poly_points[indices[curr]].y;
+			cx   = (double)poly_points[indices[next]].x;
+			cy   = (double)poly_points[indices[next]].y;
+
+			cross = (bx - ax) * (cy - ay) - (by - ay) * (cx - ax);
+			if(cross <= 0.0) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			is_ear = MwTRUE;
+			for(j = 0; j < n; j++) {
+				if(j == prev || j == curr || j == next) {
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				px  = (double)poly_points[indices[j]].x;
+				py  = (double)poly_points[indices[j]].y;
+				d0x = cx - ax;
+				d0y = cy - ay;
+				d1x = bx - ax;
+				d1y = by - ay;
+				d2x = px - ax;
+				d2y = py - ay;
+				t   = (d0x * d2y - d0y * d2x) / (d0x * d1y - d0y * d1x + 1e-10);
+				u   = (d1x * d2y - d1y * d2x) / (d0x * d1y - d0y * d1x + 1e-10);
+				if(t >= 0.0 && u >= 0.0 && (t + u) <= 1.0) {
+					is_ear = MwFALSE;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if(is_ear) {
+				pixman_triangle_t* tri;
+
+				tri	  = &tris[count++];
+				tri->p1.x = pixman_double_to_fixed(poly_points[indices[prev]].x);
+				tri->p1.y = pixman_double_to_fixed(poly_points[indices[prev]].y);
+				tri->p2.x = pixman_double_to_fixed(poly_points[indices[curr]].x);
+				tri->p2.y = pixman_double_to_fixed(poly_points[indices[curr]].y);
+				tri->p3.x = pixman_double_to_fixed(poly_points[indices[next]].x);
+				tri->p3.y = pixman_double_to_fixed(poly_points[indices[next]].y);
+
+				for(j = curr; j < n - 1; j++) {
+					indices[j] = indices[j + 1];
+				}
+
+				n--;
+				ear_found = MwTRUE;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if(!ear_found) {
+			break;
 		}
 	}
-	cairo_close_path(handle->wayland.front_cairo);
 
-	cairo_fill(handle->wayland.front_cairo);
+	free(indices);
+
+	if(count == 0) {
+		free(tris);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if(count < poly_points_count - 2) {
+		pixman_triangle_t* shrunk;
+
+		shrunk = realloc(tris, count * sizeof(pixman_triangle_t));
+		if(shrunk) {
+			tris = shrunk;
+		}
+	}
+
+	*tri_count_out = count;
+	return tris;
+}
+
+static void MwLLPolygonImpl(MwLL handle, MwPoint* points, int points_count, MwLLColor color) {
+	int		   n, i;
+	pixman_color_t	   col	 = {color->common.red * 0xFF, color->common.green * 0xFF, color->common.blue * 0xFF, 0xffff};
+	pixman_image_t*	   image = pixman_image_create_solid_fill(&col);
+	pixman_triangle_t* triangles;
+	pointf64_t*	   f64points = malloc(points_count * sizeof(pointf64_t));
+	for(i = 0; i < points_count; i++) {
+		f64points[i].x = points[i].x;
+		f64points[i].y = points[i].y;
+	}
+	triangles = triangulate_polygon(f64points, points_count, &n);
+
+	pixman_composite_triangles(PIXMAN_OP_OVER, image, handle->wayland.framebuffer.pixman_fb, PIXMAN_a8, 0, 0, 0, 0, n, triangles);
+
+	free(triangles);
+	pixman_image_unref(image);
 
 	handle->wayland.events_pending = 1;
 }
 
 static void MwLLLineImpl(MwLL handle, MwPoint* points, MwLLColor color) {
-	int i;
+	int		i;
+	pixman_color_t	col   = {color->common.red * 0xFF, color->common.green * 0xFF, color->common.blue * 0xFF, 0xffff};
+	pixman_image_t* image = pixman_image_create_solid_fill(&col);
 
-	clip(handle);
-
-	cairo_set_antialias(handle->wayland.front_cairo, CAIRO_ANTIALIAS_NONE);
-	cairo_set_line_cap(handle->wayland.front_cairo, CAIRO_LINE_CAP_SQUARE);
-	cairo_set_source_rgba(handle->wayland.front_cairo, color->common.red / 255.0, color->common.green / 255.0, color->common.blue / 255.0, 1.0);
-	cairo_new_path(handle->wayland.front_cairo);
-	for(i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-		if(i == 0) {
-			cairo_move_to(handle->wayland.front_cairo, points[i].x, points[i].y);
-		} else {
-			cairo_line_to(handle->wayland.front_cairo, points[i].x, points[i].y);
-		}
-	}
-	cairo_close_path(handle->wayland.front_cairo);
-	cairo_stroke(handle->wayland.front_cairo);
+	pixman_image_unref(image);
 
 	handle->wayland.events_pending = 1;
 }
@@ -2206,15 +2284,18 @@ static void MwLLSetTitleImpl(MwLL handle, const char* title) {
 }
 
 static MwLLPixmap MwLLCreatePixmapImpl(MwLL handle, unsigned char* data, int width, int height) {
-	MwLLPixmap r = malloc(sizeof(*r));
+	MwLLPixmap	   r = malloc(sizeof(*r));
+	pixman_transform_t transform;
+
 	(void)handle;
+	int stride = width * 4;
 
 	r->common.width	 = width;
 	r->common.height = height;
 	r->common.raw	 = malloc(4 * width * height);
 	memcpy(r->common.raw, data, 4 * width * height);
 
-	r->wayland.cs = cairo_image_surface_create(CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, width, height);
+	r->wayland.img = NULL;
 
 	MwLLPixmapUpdate(r);
 
@@ -2224,52 +2305,41 @@ static MwLLPixmap MwLLCreatePixmapImpl(MwLL handle, unsigned char* data, int wid
 static void MwLLPixmapUpdateImpl(MwLLPixmap r) {
 	int	       i;
 	unsigned char* d;
-
-	cairo_surface_flush(r->wayland.cs);
-	d = cairo_image_surface_get_data(r->wayland.cs);
-	for(i = 0; i < r->common.width * r->common.height * 4; i += 4) {
-		MwU32* p = (MwU32*)&d[i];
-		*p <<= 8;
-		*p |= r->common.raw[i + 3];
-		*p <<= 8;
-		*p |= r->common.raw[i + 0];
-		*p <<= 8;
-		*p |= r->common.raw[i + 1];
-		*p <<= 8;
-		*p |= r->common.raw[i + 2];
+	if(r->wayland.img) {
+		pixman_image_unref(r->wayland.img);
 	}
-	cairo_surface_mark_dirty(r->wayland.cs);
+	r->wayland.img = pixman_image_create_bits(PIXMAN_a8b8g8r8, r->common.width, r->common.height, (MwU32*)r->common.raw, r->common.width * 4);
 }
 
 static void MwLLDestroyPixmapImpl(MwLLPixmap pixmap) {
-	cairo_surface_destroy(pixmap->wayland.cs);
 	free(pixmap->common.raw);
 	free(pixmap);
 }
 
 static void MwLLDrawPixmapImpl(MwLL handle, MwRect* rect, MwLLPixmap pixmap) {
-	cairo_t*	 c;
-	cairo_surface_t* cs;
-	cairo_t*	 selected_cairo = handle->wayland.selected_cairo ? handle->wayland.selected_cairo : handle->wayland.front_cairo;
+	int		   width, height;
+	pixman_transform_t transform;
+	pixman_transform_t reverse;
 
-	cs = cairo_image_surface_create(CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, rect->width, rect->height);
-	c  = cairo_create(cs);
+	pixman_transform_init_identity(&transform);
 
-	clip(handle);
+	pixman_transform_scale(&transform, &reverse, pixman_double_to_fixed((double)pixmap->common.width / (double)rect->width), pixman_double_to_fixed((double)pixmap->common.height / (double)rect->height));
 
-	cairo_scale(c, (double)rect->width / pixmap->common.width, (double)rect->height / pixmap->common.height);
+	pixman_image_set_transform(pixmap->wayland.img, &transform);
 
-	cairo_set_source_surface(c, pixmap->wayland.cs, 0, 0);
-	cairo_pattern_set_filter(cairo_get_source(c), CAIRO_FILTER_NEAREST);
+	width  = pixman_image_get_width(pixmap->wayland.img);
+	height = pixman_image_get_height(pixmap->wayland.img);
 
-	cairo_paint(c);
-
-	cairo_set_source_surface(selected_cairo, cs, rect->x, rect->y);
-	cairo_paint(selected_cairo);
-
-	cairo_destroy(c);
-	cairo_surface_destroy(cs);
+	pixman_image_composite(PIXMAN_OP_OVER,
+			       pixmap->wayland.img, /* src */
+			       NULL /* mask */,
+			       handle->wayland.framebuffer.pixman_fb, /* dest */
+			       0, 0,				      /* src_x, src_y */
+			       0, 0,				      /* mask_x, mask_y */
+			       rect->x, rect->y,		      /* dest_x, dest_y */
+			       rect->width, rect->height /* height */);
 
+	/* this seems worthless but this actually makes it a bit more responsive */
 	MwLLForceRender(handle);
 	wl_surface_damage(handle->wayland.framebuffer.surface, 0, 0, handle->wayland.ww, handle->wayland.wh);
 }
@@ -2293,21 +2363,22 @@ static void MwLLSetIconImpl(MwLL handle, MwLLPixmap pixmap) {
 			}
 			handle->wayland.icon->surface = wl_compositor_create_surface(handle->wayland.compositor);
 
+			buffer_setup(handle->wayland.icon, pixmap->common.width, pixmap->common.height);
+
 			wl_surface_attach(handle->wayland.icon->surface, handle->wayland.icon->shm_buffer, 0, 0);
 			wl_surface_commit(handle->wayland.icon->surface);
 
-			buffer_setup(handle->wayland.icon, pixmap->common.width, pixmap->common.height);
-
 			for(; i < size; i += 2) {
-				handle->wayland.icon->buf_back[i]     = pixmap->common.raw[i + 2];
-				handle->wayland.icon->buf_back[i + 1] = pixmap->common.raw[i + 1];
-				handle->wayland.icon->buf_back[i + 2] = pixmap->common.raw[i + 0];
+				MwU32* data			      = pixman_image_get_data(pixmap->wayland.img);
+				handle->wayland.icon->buf_back[i]     = data[i + 2];
+				handle->wayland.icon->buf_back[i + 1] = data[i + 1];
+				handle->wayland.icon->buf_back[i + 2] = data[i + 0];
 				handle->wayland.icon->buf_back[i + 3] = 255;
 			}
 
 			if(handle->wayland.configured) update_buffer(handle, handle->wayland.icon);
 
-			xdg_toplevel_icon_v1_add_buffer(icon, handle->wayland.icon->shm_buffer_back, 1);
+			xdg_toplevel_icon_v1_add_buffer(icon, handle->wayland.icon->shm_buffer, 1);
 
 			xdg_toplevel_icon_manager_v1_set_icon(icon_manager, handle->wayland.toplevel->xdg_top_level, icon);
 		}
@@ -2331,48 +2402,48 @@ static void MwLLSetCursorImpl(MwLL handle, MwCursor* image, MwCursor* mask) {
 		wl_surface_destroy(handle->wayland.cursor.surface);
 	}
 	buffer_setup(&handle->wayland.cursor, image->width, image->height);
-	memset(handle->wayland.cursor.buf_back, 0, handle->wayland.cursor.buf_size);
+	memset(handle->wayland.cursor.buf_back, 255, handle->wayland.cursor.buf_size);
 
 	xs = -mask->x + image->x;
 	ys = mask->height + mask->y;
 	ys = image->height + image->y - ys;
 
-	for(y = 0; y < mask->height; y++) {
-		unsigned int d = mask->data[y];
-		for(x = mask->width - 1; x >= 0; x--) {
-			int idx = ((y * image->width) + x) * 4;
+	/* currently broken */
+	/* 	for(y = 0; y < mask->height; y++) {
+			unsigned int d = mask->data[y];
+			for(x = mask->width - 1; x >= 0; x--) {
+				int idx = ((y * image->width) + x) * 4;
 
-			if(d & 1) {
-				handle->wayland.cursor.buf_back[idx + 3] = 255;
-			};
-			d = d >> 1;
+				if(d & 1) {
+					handle->wayland.cursor.buf_back[idx + 3] = 255;
+				};
+				d = d >> 1;
+			}
 		}
-	}
-	for(y = 0; y < image->height; y++) {
-		unsigned int d = image->data[y];
-		for(x = image->width - 1; x >= 0; x--) {
-			int px	= 0;
-			int idx = (((y + ys) * image->width) + (x + xs)) * 4;
+		for(y = 0; y < image->height; y++) {
+			unsigned int d = image->data[y];
+			for(x = image->width - 1; x >= 0; x--) {
+				int px	= 0;
+				int idx = (((y + ys) * image->width) + (x + xs)) * 4;
 
-			if(d & 1) {
-				px = 255;
-			};
+				if(d & 1) {
+					px = 255;
+				};
 
-			handle->wayland.cursor.buf_back[idx]	 = px;
-			handle->wayland.cursor.buf_back[idx + 1] = px;
-			handle->wayland.cursor.buf_back[idx + 2] = px;
-			d					 = d >> 1;
-		}
-	}
+				handle->wayland.cursor.buf_back[idx]	 = px;
+				handle->wayland.cursor.buf_back[idx + 1] = px;
+				handle->wayland.cursor.buf_back[idx + 2] = px;
+				handle->wayland.cursor.buf_back[idx + 3] = px;
+				d = d >> 1;
+			}
+		}*/
 
 	handle->wayland.cursor.surface = wl_compositor_create_surface(handle->wayland.compositor);
-	wl_surface_attach(handle->wayland.cursor.surface, handle->wayland.cursor.shm_buffer, 0, 0);
-	wl_surface_commit(handle->wayland.cursor.surface);
 	update_buffer(handle, &handle->wayland.cursor);
 
 	/* If there's currently a pointer, set it up. (Otherwise, it'll be setup during the pointer enter event) */
 	if(handle->wayland.pointer != NULL) {
-		// wl_pointer_set_cursor(handle->wayland.pointer, handle->wayland.pointer_serial, handle->wayland.cursor.surface, 0, 0);
+		wl_pointer_set_cursor(handle->wayland.pointer, handle->wayland.pointer_serial, handle->wayland.cursor.surface, 0, 0);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2578,12 +2649,12 @@ static int MwLLWaylandCallInitImpl(void) {
 	 * - manually checking environment variables
 	 */
 #ifdef __linux__
-	MwBool loadWayland;
+	MwBool loadWayland = MwFALSE;
 	if(getenv("MILSKO_BACKEND")) {
-		loadWayland |=
+		loadWayland =
 		    (strcmp(getenv("MILSKO_BACKEND"), "wayland") == 0);
-	} else if(getenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY")) {
-		loadWayland |= (getenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY") != NULL);
+	} else if(getenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY") && !loadWayland) {
+		loadWayland = (getenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY") != NULL);
 	}
 
 	if(loadWayland) {
diff --git a/src/backend/x11.c b/src/backend/x11.c
index ad97d68..4221607 100644
--- a/src/backend/x11.c
+++ b/src/backend/x11.c
@@ -1278,10 +1278,10 @@ static void MwLLEndStateChangeImpl(MwLL handle) {
 static int MwLLX11CallInitImpl(void) {
 	MwBool loadX11 = MwFALSE;
 	if(getenv("MILSKO_BACKEND")) {
-		loadX11 |=
+		loadX11 =
 		    (strcmp(getenv("MILSKO_BACKEND"), "x11") == 0);
 	} else if(getenv("DISPLAY")) {
-		loadX11 |= (getenv("DISPLAY") != NULL);
+		loadX11 = (getenv("DISPLAY") != NULL);
 	}
 
 	if(!loadX11) {